μέμψις, εως, ἡ,
__A blame, censure, μέμψιν δικαίαν μέμφομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 10; μ. ἐπιφέρειν τινί [prev. author] “Ra.” 1253 (Lyric poetry); μ. λαβεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 576 (assuming variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν μ. to incur blame, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 974 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φίλων μ. censure of them, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 472 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, censures, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 684d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; complaints, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162b5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.2 ground of complaint, μ. οὔτιν᾽ ἀνθρώποις ἔχων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 445, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1309. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]